Ischaemic stroke in South Asians: The BRAINS study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Studies on stroke in South Asian populations are sparse. The aim of this study was to compare differences in age of onset of ischaemic stroke in South Asian patients living in the United Kingdom and South Asian patients living in India versus White British stroke patients.

Methods

We studied the UK and Indian arms of the ongoing BRAINS study, an international prospective hospital-based study of South Asian stroke patients. The BRAINS study includes 4038 South Asian and White British patients with first-ever ischaemic stroke, recruited from sites in the United Kingdom and India.

Results

Of the included patients, 1126 were South Asians living in India (ISA), while 1176 were British South Asian (BSA) and 1736 were White British (WB) UK residents. P

SUBMITTER: Aurelius T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10098949 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature